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Subservience

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as subserviency.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being subservient.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. in a subservient state
  • noun. abject or cringing submissiveness
  • noun. the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
  • Word Usage
    "It holds that pure and honest legislators cannot spring from filth and trickery, and in subservience to this view, discountenances the unfair conduction of general elections, and favors the extension, by law, of the "Australian ballot" to the primary election of all political parties."
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